CMP Working to Restore Power to More Than 16,000 Customers

A spokesman for Central Maine Power says around 16,200 customers in the Waldo County area are without power New Year’s Eve.We’re told the power went out a little before 10:00 AM on Saturday. Around 20 communities have been affected by the outage from Camden to Verona Island.CMP believes there is an issue on the transmission line that is affecting the substations that serve those communities.The spokesman says crews are working to restore the problem as quickly as possible.